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Table 2 Most important excerpts of national policy programmes and strategies connected to WHP

From: The legislative backgrounds of workplace health promotion in three European countries: a comparative analysis

Type of document

Finland

Latvia

Lithuania

Programmes/strategies specific to workers’ health and safety

Government Resolution. Occupational Health 2015. Development Strategy for Occupational Health Care (2004)

National Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health 2008-2013 (2008) and its action plans for 2008-2010 and 2011-2013

Employee Safety and Health Strategy for 2009–2012 (2009) and its action plans for 2009-2010 and 2011-2012

Programmes/strategies from other areas, or general

1. Programme of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen’s Government (2011)

1. Public Health Strategy for 2011 – 2017 (2011)

Mental Health Strategy (2007) and its action plan for 2011-2013

2. Plan of National Development for 2014 – 2020 (2014)

2. Finnish Nutrition Recommendations (2014)

3. Government Resolution on Development Guidelines for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity and Nutrition (2008)

4. On the Move. National Strategy for Physical Activity Promoting Health and Wellbeing 2020 (2013)

5. Health Promotion, Government Policy Programme 2007-2011 (2007)

6. National Action Plan to Reduce Health Inequalities 2008-2011

7. Developing Mass Catering Services. Guidelines by the Working Group to Monitor and Develop Mass Catering Services (2010)